Plaidypus Lost

by Stevens Janet, Susan Stevens Crummel, Janet Stevens

Book Overview

Snippity snip. Stitchity stitch. Buttons for eyes. Surprise Grandpa's old plaid shirt is now my new Plaidypus Tag along with a lively young girl and her constant companion as they find adventures... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0823415619
• ISBN13: 9780823415618
• Release Date: March 2004
• Publisher: Holiday House
• Length: 44 Pages
• Weight: 1.33 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 9.6" x 10.1"
• Age Range: 2 to 5 years

Customer Reviews

LOVE this book!!

My 2 year old daughter's best "huggy" is a platypus, so I was thrilled when I found this book at the library. My daughter has no interest in any books except for this one! We read it 4 times a day. If you can relate at all to losing (even temporarily) a child's huggy/lovey, you will love this book! I think we've lost our "platy" at least 100 times. Fortunately, he's always found his way back home, just like in this story "Plaidypus Lost".

Lookout - your child will want a Plaidypus too!

My 3-1/2 year old daughter loved everything about this book, which we borrowed from the library. The poetry of it and repetitive story helped her to memorize it, and she chimed in a lot on the second and later readings. It's fun for adults to read, too - it's a sweet story, and not too long, too short, or too ridiculous. I am thankful for any children's author who makes it easy on the parents (and thus, not a great fan of all the long Dr. Seuss books!). However, I will say that I think this book should include, on its final pages, a pattern to make your own Plaidypus, because now my daughter can't stand not to have one of her own! I will have to get creative, and make one myself... if I do, I'll post instructions on her website!

My 2 year old's favorite book

My daughter loves this book! It provides opportunities for interactive reading as she "looks left, look right" and "over and under" when the story line tells her to. Unlike many children's stories, this one has a nice plot, as the girl loses her favorite toy over and over again. My daughter enjoys the relationship between the grandmother and the forgetful little girl. What is best is the repetition of some of the words so that my 2 year old can "read" her memorized passages along with me. Buy this book for storytime and for nighttime reading.

glad i found "Plaidypus Lost"

this is a great children's book. my 4yr. old loves it. it has a good story and beautiful illustrations. the story is about a homemade stuffed animal(platypus) handsewn by the child's grandmother that repeatedly gets lost and found while the child is off on many child-related adventures. sure to delight any child ages 2 to 7 or 8ish. highly recommended.

Delightful

As a youth services librarian, this is the kind of book I'd classify as the perfect storytime book. Publishers take note: we want larger pictures, with warm, vivid illustrations. It also helps that this book uses repetition, sequencing, concepts like left and right--all great early literacy skills we want to share with our preschoolers. Besides--this is a fun, silly, suspenseful book. Check it out!